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and send out missionaries for the rapid evangelization of the world. In the decades after
Simpsons death, the Christian and Missionary Alliance gradually developed into a denominaton
with a lively emphasis upon missions.
Simpson recognized that by their receiving Jesus Christ as their Savior, sinners, no longer
condemned, are saved from eternal damnation in Hell. Yet this negative aspect for the unsaved
was minimally treated in his writings as a whole. In his hymn, "A Missionarys Cry," he deplored
that the masses were headed for Hell and urged Gods people to hasten into missionary service.
A hundred thousand souls a day
Are passing one by one away,
In Christless guilt and gloom;
Without one ray of hope or light,
With future dark as endless night,
Theyre passing to their doom,
Theyre passing to their doom.
O Holy Ghost, thy people move,
Baptize their hearts with faith and love
And consecrate their gold.
At Jesus feet their millions pour,
And all their ranks unite once more,
As in the days of old,
As in the days of old.
The Masters coming draweth near;
The Son of Man will soon appear;
His kingdom is at hand.
But ere that glorious day can be,
This gospel of the kingdom we
Must preach in every land,
Must preach in every land.
Oh, let us then His coming haste,
Oh, let us end this awful waste
Of souls that never die.
A thousand millions still are lost;
A Saviours blood has paid the cost.
Oh, hear their dying cry,
Oh, hear their dying cry.
Theyre passing, passing fast away,
A hundred thousand souls a day
In Christless guilt and gloom,